Kymenlaakso
Kymenlaakso is a region in Finland. It borders the regions of Uusimaa, Päijät-Häme, South Savo and South Karelia and Russia. Its name means literally The Valley of River Kymi.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Kotka and Kouvola.
Kotka
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Kotka is the southeasternmost major city in Finland, an important port at the mouth of the Kymi river. It is part of the Kymenlaakso region. The port town heritage and associated folklore is central for its identity.
Kouvola
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Kouvola is a city in Finland and the administrative capital of Kymenlaakso. It is located in the southeastern interior of the country. The population of Kouvola is approximately 78,000.
Hamina
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Hamina is a town and a municipality of Finland. It is located approximately 145 km east of the country's capital Helsinki, in the Kymenlaakso region, and formerly the province of Southern Finland.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Miehikkälä and Virolahti.
Miehikkälä
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Miehikkälä is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Kymenlaakso region. The municipality has a population of 1,697, which make it the smallest municipality in Kymenlaakso in terms of population.
Virolahti
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Virolahti is the southeasternmost municipality of Finland on the border of Russia. It is located in the Kymenlaakso region. The municipality has a population of 2,796 and covers an area of 558.92 square kilometres, of which 186.97 km2 is water.
Pyhtää
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Pyhtää is a municipality in Kymenlaakso, at the western forks of the Kymi river.
Kymenlaakso
- Type: region of Finland with 174,000 residents
- Description: region of Finland
- Also known as: “Kymenlaakso Region” and “Kymmenedalen”
- Neighbors: Leningrad Oblast, Päijänne Tavastia, South Karelia, South Savonia, and Uusimaa
- Location: Southern Finland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Kymenlaakso” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Kymenlaakso”
- Arabic: “كومنلاكسو”
- Armenian: “Կյումենլաակսո”
- Asturian: “Kymenlaakso”
- Azerbaijani: “Kymmenedalen”
- Azerbaijani: “Kyumenlaakso”
- Balinese: “Kymenlaakso”
- Basque: “Kymenlaakso”
- Belarusian: “Кюменлаакса”
- Belarusian: “Кюмэнлаакса”
- Bengali: “ক্যমেনলাক্সো”
- Bosnian: “Kymenlaakso”
- Bulgarian: “Кйменлаксо”
- Catalan: “Vall de Kymi”
- Cebuano: “Kymenlaakso”
- Chinese: “Kymenlaakso Tōa-khu”
- Chinese: “屈米”
- Chinese: “屈米河谷区”
- Czech: “Kymenlaakso”
- Danish: “Kymenlaakso”
- Danish: “Kymmenedalen”
- Dutch: “Kymenlaakso”
- Dutch: “Kymmenedalen”
- Esperanto: “Kymenlaakso”
- Esperanto: “Kymmenedalen”
- Esperanto: “valo de Kymi”
- Estonian: “Kymenlaakso maakond”
- Estonian: “Kymenlaakso”
- Finnish: “Kymenlaakso”
- Finnish: “Kymenlaakson maakunta”
- Finnish: “Kymenlaakson Maakunta”
- Finnish: “Kymmenedalen”
- French: “Kymenlaakso”
- French: “Kymmenedalen”
- French: “Vallée de la Kymi”
- Galician: “Kymenlaakso”
- Georgian: “კიმენლააკსო”
- German: “Kymenlaakso”
- German: “Kymmenedalen”
- Greek: “Κιμενλαάκσο”
- Gujarati: “કીમેનલાક્સો”
- Hebrew: “קימנלאקסו”
- Hindi: “क्यमेंलाक्सो”
- Icelandic: “Kymenlaakso”
- Inari Sami: “Kymileevi eennâmkodde”
- Inari Sami: “Kymileevi eennâmkodde”
- Indonesian: “Kymenlaakso”
- Indonesian: “Kymmenedalen”
- Irish: “Gleann Kymi”
- Italian: “Kymenlaakso”
- Italian: “Kymmenedalen”
- Japanese: “キュメンラークソ県”
- Kannada: “ಕ್ಯುಮೆನ್ಲಾಕೊ”
- Komi-Permyak: “Кюменлаксо”
- Korean: “퀴멘락소 지역”
- Kotava: “SuomiaKymenlaaksoGola”
- Latvian: “Kimenlākso”
- Latvian: “Kjumenlākso”
- Lithuanian: “Kiumenlaksas”
- Lombard: “Kymenlaakso”
- Malay: “Kymenlaakso”
- Manx: “Kymenlaakso”
- Marathi: “कॅमेंलॅस्को”
- Mazanderani: “کیمنلاکسو ناحیه”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kymenlaakso Tōa-khu”
- Northern Frisian: “Kymenlaakso”
- Northern Sami: “Kymileagi eanangoddi”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kymmenedalen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kymmenedalen”
- Norwegian: “Kymmenedalen”
- Ossetian: “Кюменлааксо”
- Persian: “کومنلاکسو”
- Persian: “کیمنلاکسو”
- Polish: “Kymenlaakso”
- Portuguese: “Kymenlaakso”
- Portuguese: “Kymmenedalen”
- Romanian: “Kymenlaakso”
- Russian: “Кюменлааксо”
- Scots: “Kymenlaakso”
- Serbian: “Kimenlakso”
- Serbian: “Kimenska Dolina”
- Serbian: “Кименлаксо”
- Serbian: “Кименска Долина”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kymenlaakso”
- Sinhala: “කයිමෙන්ලාක්සෝ”
- Skolt Sami: “Kymilieʹjj mäddkåʹdd”
- Skolt Sami: “Kymilieʹǩǩ”
- Slovak: “Kymenlaakso”
- Slovenian: “Kymenlaakso”
- Spanish: “Kymenlaakso”
- Spanish: “Kymmenedalen”
- Spanish: “Región de Kymenlaakso”
- Swedish: “Kymenlaakso”
- Swedish: “Kymmenedalen”
- Swedish: “Landskapet Kymmenedalen”
- Tamil: “க்கியமெனளாக்ஸோ”
- Telugu: “కైమెన్లాస్కో”
- Thai: “ไคเมนลาค์โซ”
- Turkish: “Kymenlaakso”
- Ukrainian: “Кюменлааксо”
- Urdu: “کومنلاکسو”
- Vietnamese: “Kymenlaakso”
- Western Panjabi: “کیمینلاکسو”
- Wu Chinese: “屈米河谷区”
- Yue Chinese: “屈米”
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